[Status: Backburner ⏳] Feature Request - Time entry in sub-tasks needs to roll up to Parent Task
When we set up a project we have a custom field that contains a invoice milestone for each project task that is a client deliverable
We also estimate each resources time before the project starts so we can compare estimate vs actuals for each of the delivery tasks
Under a Task there may be several sub-tasks, but when someone enters time to a sub-task it doesn't roll up to the parent task.
This is an issue for us as we would like to compare our estimates, but the actuals will contain hours logged to sub-tasks that don't show up to the parent task.
Please let us know if this can be enabled (possibly using a check box that says, "Hours on sub-tasks roll up to parent task?"
Thanks
Hey Jeffrey Veffer!
That's a really interesting idea! Once this post reaches 60 upvotes, we'll be able to provide you with a status update from our Product Team on the status of this suggestion. You can read more about our processes here.
Hi All,
Has this not already been developed? Have a look on https://www.wrike.com/labs/?acc=3399889 i'm pretty sure what you are asking for in on there under the gantt chart app.
Cheers
Adam
Adam- that link is broken.
Respectfully Yours,
Grant
Hi Grant Peterson! Please try this one https://www.wrike.com/labs and let me know if that works for you! I'd also recommend clearing cookies 🍪
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Lisa,
Is this only in the Gantt view?
I would love to see this in the task itself as well.
For example:
The top image is what the top task with nested subtasks currently looks like. It shows the current time being tracked, and all time tracked to that task. I think you could add another bullet point and a bolded time logged that shows all time for that + all subtasks.
Is this kind of thing being explored?
Thanks!
Respectfully Yours,
Grant
Adam/Lisa,
I will also note that the feature as used in the Gantt view still isn't exactly helpful:
It puts the sum of the subtasks next to the total from the main task, but doesn't sum them all together. That seems really odd, and if you are doing reporting for the project you still have to do extra math to put together totals. It also doesn't include the sum of time for tasks that have been completed, which seems counterproductive since who really cares about only seeing active time on active tasks? Usually if you are project managing, you want to see the total time used on a project or task up to that point, including on completed tasks.
Respectfully Yours,
Grant
Thanks a lot for getting back, Grant Peterson! I'll update this thread once I have any news from the Product team.
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My team and I would would really like this feature. Or an ability to change a parent task to a folder and/or project (I believe this has been requested by many on another chat) which rollup automatically. I am using this for budgeting and my custom calculated fields, such as funds remaining, would not update at the parent task level without the rollup fucntion from the daughter sub-tasks being active. Needless to say these task structures take considerable attention and effort to build and alot can go wrong if one takes the long route of restructuring- not to mention time and effort.
100% support this. It's only logical for all entities in Wrike to roll up with the same logic. It's a great structure that differentiates Wrike and one of the main reasons I'm here, but these inconsistencies around how Project/Task dynamics vs. Task/Subtask dynamics function are very annoying.
Great commentary Grant PetersonI hope your feedback is really going to be taken into consideration, and not ignored into the depths of the abyss of this forum, where year's worth of suggestions like yours are sitting completely forgotten at this point...
Hi again, everyone! The team is currently considering adding this suggestion to their short-term roadmap, so thank you again for your feedback and support here! I'll keep you posted 👍
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My Team would definitely use this functionality as well.
Thank you for supporting here Byron Gill 🙌
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Thank you for taking the time to post your use case and feedback here Meredith Selden. I've shared it with our Product team with the screenshot provided. I'll be sure to post here if there are any news or updates in regards to this request 🙋🏻♀️
Adding a big +1 to this request; it feels very counterintuitive to NOT have all the subtasks effort be added up and shown on the parent task level. Yes, it's there greyed out next to it, but it's really not very user friendly. In fact, we've been using a workaround to just log time on main tasks as it would throw off a whole bunch of other fields off that we have tied to the effort field.
It would only be logical for task & subtask to follow the same logic as project & task (when I just started using wrike I couldnt figure out how roll-up was working because of this..). Would be really great if this can be fixed soon.
Thank you for your feedback Fleur Komen and apologies for the late reply here!
This suggestion is definitely on the team's radar, but for now, we don't have any updates from them. We'll post here to let you know when we have one 👍
Please let me know if I can help you with anything else.
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Upvoting this - We've had a lot of frustration with how Wrike is totaling hours in the Aggregation function for Effort, Time Spent and custom formulas, like Effort-Time Spent.
What about in Analyze? We're trying to analyze our work at the parent level of certain tasks but because no effort is planned or time spent put there - Analyze is giving me zeros when I create a widget. Am I missing a step?
This feature would be so amazing for time planing!
Thank you for supporting here Kate Russell, Pierre Wiberg!
Kate, I can raise a ticket to my colleagues from the Support team for your question on Wrike Analyze, please let me know 👍
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Lisa - That would be great! Really appreciate the support!
Absolutely Kate Russell, happy to help 👍 Someone will reach out to you on this.
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This feature would be so helpful in planning projects. +1 from me. Thanks for requesting.
Thanks, Chirag Gandhi for supporting this suggestion, please don't forget to upvote it 👍🏼
Is there an update to this feature request? This seems a major oversight to how you can effectively manage your project.
Hi Jennifer Wood, I'll check with the Product team for an update and will update the thread when I have more information👍🏼
Hi everyone, just a quick update to share that this request is planned by our Product team. I'm updating the status to Coming Soon and will be posting here when I have more updates.
Thanks again to everyone who's been supporting and sharing their feedback in relation to this suggestion, it's been vital to the team and is much appreciated🙌🏼
Very glad to hear that this feature is coming soon. We're currently trialling Wrike and this is the only thing so far that I don't absolutely love. Everything else seems to be really well aligned to how we plan, estimate and run projects (we're in the AEC sector in the UK. This makes no sense to me though, so I hope soon means soon 🤞
Thank you for supporting the suggestion here Mark Tucknutt 🙌 We will update you here once we have more detail on the timeline 👍
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Hey Wrike Community team - Any update the subject feature delivery? Just found this thread when looking for the same feature.
I'm also looking for this. I need to see the total time on a task, and don't want to have to add the different times on the 14 different sub tasks together.
I'm also looking for this. I need to see the total time on a task, and don't want to have to add the different times on the 14 different sub tasks together.